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Daybreak July 5: House members try again to advance Farm Workforce Modernization Act

07/05/23 11:00 AM By Bill Tomson, Jacqui Fatka, Noah Wicks, and Steve Davies
KEYWORDS American Farm Bureau Federation American Soybean Association Farm Workforce Modernization Act Gov. Ron DeSantis H-2A workers National Association of Wheat Growers National Corn Growers Association National Farmers Union National Grain and Feed Association Rep. Dan Newhouse safrinha USDA
For the third Congress in a row, House members have offered a bill addressing agriculture’s labor shortage, reintroducing the Farm Workforce Modernization Act, which allows year-round ag labor for H-2A workers and creates a merit-based visa program for the ag sector.
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